A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 166
brary at Oxford, his liest building, was laidJune 16, 1737. It wjus built from a finul of£40,000, left by John Railcliffe, M.D. Gibbssbooks and drawings are prescrvc<l at Oxfonl.He published A Book of Architecture contain- GIBLBT CHECK ing designs by James Gibbs, 1 vol. folio, 1728;The Bides for… … GIBLET CHECK ; CHEEK. In someI.ritiHl, .lialccts ;i l;ir-c nl.utc in the jamb andlintel of a doorway niailc to rccoive the doorwhen Khut, ho that it nhall be fluHh with theface of the wall, the door In-itiK arranged toopen outward. (Spelled also Jiblet.) GILIGIGLIO. A flower-.shaped ornament…
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